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Subject: Scott's family files $100 million suit Author: Chris [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 09/ 1/04 6:10pm Scott's family files $100 million suit Detroit councilwoman died after surgery to aid weight loss By David Shepardson / The Detroit News DETROIT — The family of former Detroit City Councilwoman Brenda Scott is suing two hospitals and four doctors in her death. The suit filed Thursday in Wayne Circuit Court seeks $100 million. Scott, 47, died Sept. 2, 2002, in Detroit Receiving Hospital, three days after undergoing gastric surgery at Port Huron Hospital to lose weight. Scott’s stomach apparently was perforated during the surgery, said Dr. I. Michael Litman, who filed a sworn affidavit on behalf of Scott’s family’s lawsuit. The suit claims Port Huron Hospital misdiagnosed her pain symptoms and didn’t detect the hole that was “allowing gastric fluids to flow into her abdominal cavity, slowing killing her.” In early 2002, Scott attended a seminar by Port Huron doctors promoting LAP-BAND surgery, which essentially puts a band at the top of the stomach to make patients feel full. On Aug. 30, Scott underwent the surgery and was released the next day. On Sept. 1, after the pain worsened, Scott went to the emergency room at Detroit Receiving Hospital. Early the next morning, an X-ray showed evidence of the perforation and significant fluid levels with the abdominal cavity. Geoffrey Fieger, the family’s lawyer, said doctors should have performed emergency surgery: “Her death was 100 percent preventable,” he said. A spokeswoman for Detroit Receiving Hospital declined to comment. Dr. Daniel Angeli, vice president of medical affairs at Port Huron Hospital, confirmed there was a post-death peer review of Scott’s case, but he declined to disclose the results. Since March 2002, Port Huron Hospital has conducted about 800 of the surgeries, and those patients have lost more than 25,000 pounds. “That’s like (the weight of) five Explorers,” Angeli said. “It has an extremely low risk, but no procedure is 100 percent safe.” At the time of her death, Scott — who was 5-foot 6 — weighed 361 pounds, according to the medical examiner. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]